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' "i^ 0 ► 1 "*'. >!»»ww:i-«s«M*«»a»aafe»»»»&^ If i PREFACE. f J Field or lawn Croquet is becomingi in this ooantryi a national game, and one which our foir oouniiy* women certamly, from its pleasurable ezdtdmeilt and health-giving influence, (it being about the only pastime which leads them into the open air,) will not easily relinquish. Information from all sections induces the conclusion that Croquet onci introduced into a family, is thereafter a perman- ency. At the present raasonable rates no family should be without this recreation, in which all its members may join, and which tends so greatly to keep with* in the *^ home circle '* the younger members of the household. In regard to Cit>quet, each family ** is a law unto itself," but those unacquainted with the game need •ome general instructions and rules, which is the aim of this book to supply. •i ■** f'f-^^J^kJiil^mi \ <■ *-^ V''''-'''''ii'\.*,'!f??lJ'J?i-;,"'-w»,?"'«.." ■'■:,yiJ.A''^^i^!WP5S^^9!f'f"l wmm^^mmtm 'ii. — 4 — mi,. It* ■ CROQUET Can only be played well on a level piece of ground. A good croquet ground should be close turf, the grass cut short, the moss killed out and the ground well rolled. If U be a permanent place there should be a shallow ditch a^^nd it, to prevent the balls from straying The size of the ground must of course depend upon the space which can be allowed for the purpose. l^ixty feet by thirtv is a large ground, which may be much smallar without detracting from the real enjoy- ment of the game. There are two styles of game, the nine arch and ten' arch. The plan with nine arches is probably the best' known and most popular, as it does not give so great an advantage to the player who leads as does the other method. The stakes are marked with the eight colors found on the balls and mallets. The colors act as a guide to the players, and are arrange! alternately for the two sides as fellows : 1.— Red, 3.— Green, 5.— Black, 7. — Orange, 2.— Blue, 4.— Yellow, 6. — Brown, 8.— Pink. •( ,( 1; J t I ..-»Ma«aia«cii«iata-aw .Ki'>««i-'. ;*.*.■■ ]itrt*j>^-.«««'jj-i'' T^^P!^^!?^ , *»;■ i 1 t I -5- Teclinioat Terttis Used in CJr enemy, through or around it6 own proper arch; then making the arch ; roqucsting and croqueting the same ball again ; and so proceeding on the round. Push. — When the player presses the ball forward with' the mallet without withdrawing it, instead of giving it a blow. Ricochet.— The ball ma\ing roquet on two or more balls by the same blow of the mallet. Roquet, — A ball driven by a mallet coming in contact with another ball. Roquet-Croquet. — Same as croquet, except the ball is not held under the foot. Rover. — A ball that has run the arches and has not hit the starting stake. Starting Point. — One mallet's length in front of the starting stake. Turn. — The right to play until the player fails to make a point. wf ,>;-«;'w\ „" '"I"- /fj^jfjpii ;', -m,' ■*' '.'Minni| iiM.iifiii Ml 1 1. ii>.w,<>iy - e - The I^fiWA of Croquet. OF THB OHOICB OW SIDES. 1 .-~ At the oiitaef; of the game, two of the party, usually the best players, are chosen chiofis, one for each side. These two determine which shall have the first choice of piayers bya t/ial of skill. Each chief in turn plays a ball from the starting point, and he ^ho, with one blow of the mallet, drives his ball nearest the turning-stake, tTins the first choice. [The sides are chosen alternately, and the players take the balls and mallets in the consecutive order of succeH- ston indicated by the color of the rings on the stake, from ihe top downwards J -■■_ ;'.»-,::■ •■•«. v., ■ r^' ■. -v OF STARTIHa AND BTRKIirO. »ii'?'*X5J 2 —The chief who has won the first choice of players opens the game. 3. — Efich player at starting must place his ball a mal- let's length in front of the starting stake, and opposite the centre of the first arch. 4 — A player may play in any attitude he chooses, but in strking the ball with his mallet he must only use one Jiand. 5. — ^The ball must be struck with the face of the mal- let's head, and the stroke must he a distinct blow, and not a posh; except when the distance between the ball and some obstacle behind it is so small that a blow can- . |iot be giiwn. OF THE ORDER OF PLATING. 6.~The chief who opens the game is followed by the chief of the opposing side, and the other players on each side play alternately in accordance with the colors mark- ed upon tike starting-stake. 7. — ^If any player play out of his turn, and the error be discovered and challenged before another player makes a stroke, the opposing side may either compel the delin- quent player to replace his ball in its original position ; Or they may allow it to remain where it wa^ played. But any advantage to himself, or disadvantage to his oppou;* ; !:• I i mmmmm / U 1 I entg, occasioned 1)y the mispla/, miast be immediaielj rectified. [For instance : if the offending player, By his miqklay, moTe any ballB belonging to the adverse eide Jirom an ad* ▼antageons position, or otherwise, he mnst either restore them to the position they originally occupied, or allow them to remain where they rested after the misplay, at the option of the adyersaries. He may not profit by his own wrong ; therefore if, by the misplay, he makes any aurches, strike the turning-stake, get in ^'position,*' or help a friend to do either, all such advantages are null, and mnst be remedied at once, provided the offender is duly challenfjed.] 8. — If the adverse side fail to challenge the misplay before another player has commenced, no penalty is at* tached, but the offending party cannot use the next turn, having already anticipated. 9. — Should a player, by mistake or otherwise, use a wrong ball, he must suffer the consequences, and not the rightful owner of the ball. If the error be discovered and challenged before the turn in completed, the ball must be restored to the position it occupied previous to the misplay, and any damages sustained by the adveife side by reason of the misplay must be repaired, and the offending player deprived of his turn. But if the mis- play be not challenged previous to the next player com- mencing to play, the game proceeds as if no misplay had occurred, and no penalty is attached. 10. — ^Each player continues to play so long as he makes > a count in the game ; that is, so long as he drives his ball through the next arch in order, strikes the turning- stake in order, or achieves either roquet, croquet, or ro- quet-croquet, or a combination of two or more of these. Failing to accomplish either of these, he relinquishes his turn to the next player. (See Law 26.) OF THB ASOHn. ll.^-The balls must pass through the arches in their regular consecutive order, and in the proper direction of the course. If a ball be driven through an art'h out of - 8 - regular order, or from the wrong side, ft does not count any more than if it had passed over any other portion of the ground. When a ball passes properly through an arch it is said to " made its arch." [A booby must be removed from the ground, and plays on his next turn from the starting point. For inetance : A commences, but misses his first arch, and is therefore a booby ; he must take up his ball before B plays, and when A's next turn to play arrives, he must make another trial for the starting point, and continue to do so until he succeeds in making first arch.] • ■ ^ m . 12. — A ball makes its arch, when it passes through it in its proper consecutive order, from either of the follow- ing cau8(ia only : I. When it is driven thrgu.^;h by a blow from its owner's mallet. II. When it passes through from roquet, croquet, roquet-croquet, or ricochet. III. When it \^. driven through by concussion: thdt is, by a blow from another ball driven against it by roqu<;t, croquet, roquet-croquet, ricochet [If a ball, while proceeding from a blow of its owner's mallet, strike another ball, or an arch, and then pass throtigh its proper arch, it makes its arch legally ] 13 — A ball is considered to have i)a88ed through its arch if it cannot be touched by the handle of the mallet when moved from the top to the base of the arch, from wire to wire, on the side from which the ball passed. 14. — Should a ball be driven oxi\y partially through its arch in the wrong direction, it is not in a position to bo driven back, and through in the right direction. ■I OP THE STAKES. ' • ., , 15. — Strking the turning stake is equivalent to making an arch, sabejcct to the same conditions, and enjoying the same privileges ; with this exceptional advantage, the stake may be struck from any direction. (See Law 12.) 16. — When a ball has completed the round, and has Rtaick the starting stake, either by a stroke from its owner's mallet, or by roquet, roquet- oroquet, croquet, or -9- by concussion, it becomes a dead ball, and must be re- moved from the field. ] 7. — WHen a ball has completed the entire round with the ezcf'ption of striking the starting stake, it becomes a Rover, and may either go out by striking the starting stake, or may continue its play at large all over the field, subject to the conditions and limitation hereafter speci- fied. 18. — A Bover may play upon all the balls one after another, but on no one ball twice, in the same turn. 1 9 — A Rover must roquet, roquet-croquet, or croquet in order to continue his play. 20. — Should a Rover strike the starting stake, as speci- i' }d in Law 16, it becomes a dead ball, and must be re- moved from the field. OF THB ROi^UST. 21. — When one ball strikes another it is a roquet, and this holds good whether the ball striking it proceeds direct from the stroke of the mallet, rebounds upon it from a stake, arch, or any fixed obstacle, or from another ball which it has previously struck. 22. — When a ball roquets another, it may strike tho roqueted ball again without any intermediate play, but this does not constitute another roquet. If, however, either ball in this second stroke be driven through its proper arch, the arch shall be counted as passed, but the playing ball is not entitled to another stroke. 23. — A ball having made a roquet may either croquet, or roquet-croquet the roquettisd ball, or proceed on its round. > 24. — When a ball roquets two or more balls by one blow of the mallet, it constitutes what is called a ricochet. 25. — A ball terminates its tour of play when, without making an arch or striking a turning-stake, it roquets a ball which it has croqueted. (See Law 10.) 26. — A ball may only croquet that ball upon which It has made a roquet. 27. — A player may croquet any number of balls con- secutively ; but ho cannot croquet the same ball a second ipf'^pwii^"?wip^*f \ time during the same turn, without first sendibg his own ball through the next arch in order, or hitting the turn- ing 8take« 28.— A player must perceptibly move the bail he cro- quets. 29. — In making ricochet, a player may croquet the first or all of the balls at his option, but the order of croquet must be the same as that of the ricochet. [The player has only one additional stroke after he has croqueted the lot, and not one for each ball he has struck.] 30.— If a ball roquet another, and with the same stroke make its arch, it may croquet the roqueted ball, or refuse to do so, and again roquet it before making the croquet, or it may proceed to make another arch. 31. — While executing the croquet, if a bail flinch, the shot is Toid, and the croqueted ball must be replaced in its former position. The croqueting ball may then pro- ceed with its turn, but cannot repeat the croquet just missed. OF DISPLACEMENT AND INTBRRDPTION. 32. — Should a ball in its progress over the ground be interrupted by any one, the player to whom it belongs may either allow it to remain where it stopped after its interruption, or remove it to the point it probably would have reached had no interruption occurred. 33. — ShDuld a ball be accidentally displaced, it must be restored to its proper position before the game can proceed. 34. — Should an arch or stake lose its upright position ftrom any cause, it must be restored before the play pro- ceeds. .■ , , . . . I i..:r i-f NO PLAY OCTSIDI THE BOUNDARIES. 36— No play is permitted outside the limits of the grounds. A ball driven beyond the limits mupt be im- mediately placed on the ground at the point where it crossed the botmdary. A ball so placed may be played upon by Iricnd or foe. . 86.— If one bi*ll roquets another, and either or both balls go beyond the bounds, either or loth shall be re* t )■ :"i^ T - 11 - placed, and the roqueting ball may plaj on the roqueted ball the same as if neither had been driven off the bounds. PLATEBS MUST NOT ASSIST THBIR FRIENDS. 37. — Players on the same side may advise each other upon a stroke, but not assist in making it. [This is a very useful rule. Some players behave in an extremely unfair manner. They will guide the mal- let of another player on their own side, and will direct the aim by laying their own mallet on the ground, only taking it away just as the blow is to be struck. Also, when a roquet has been made, they will place the ball for their friend, or they will stand in a line with the balls, stoop down so as to see whether the two balls are in the proper direction, and, either by word or gesture, direct their friend in placing them. It is evident that this is not fair play. You might as well guide the cue of a friend at Billiards, or tell your partner at Whist what card to play. It is legitimate enough to advise your partner what kind of stroke to make, but it is clearly unfair to help him in making it,] OF OLOSINQ THB GAME. 38. — The game is finished when all the players on one side have made the arches and struck the two stakes. OF THE UMPIRE. 39. — The umpire is chosen by the two chieft. 40. — The decision of the umpire is fiial. His duties are, to decide when balls are fairly struck ; to restore balls to their places which have been disturbed by acci- dent ; to decide whether a croqueted ball is moved or not, in doubtful cases ; and to settle all other disputed points which may arise during the progress 9i the game.